The Carmody Adoption Journey

This is a picture taken just before we went out for supper. It's Samara's first time in the Baby Bjorn and she loves it - as you can see from her face.



A few of us were wanting to find some Canadian food so we set out in search of Pizza Hut. We found it no problem and the food was actually really good. It felt good to have a full belly again. The street we're walking on here is called Pedestrian Street and as you can see, it is full of Chinese pedestrians. It's always really busy. You can see our hotel right in the middle of the first picture.








Samara is still doing really well. I tried putting rice cereal in her bottle yesterday instead of the congee that she was used to at the orphanage. Congee is a type of rice mixture but everytime it was bottle time, we had to call room service to get it and it would take forever. When we finally got it, it was too hot for her to eat so it took longer to cool down and it was messy - so overall a pain in the butt. The good news is she loves the rice cereal - it's easier, less messy, I can make it a specific temperature and it's cheaper. In case you're wondering why I would put it in her bottle and not feed it to her with a spoon, that's what they do in the orphanage. They mush everything up and cut a bigger hole in the bottle nipple and that's how she gets everything. (by the way Michelle, she's had both nipples on the bottle and she has no preference - she's not picky, she just likes to eat). We're going to work on the spoon feeding thing and actually yesterday she was eating pieces of Mike's boiled egg at breakfast and seemed to like it. So, one thing at a time. We've only had her for two days and she's doing so well. It's 6:15 in the morning right now. Mike and I were both awake at around 4:00. This whole time change takes so long to get used to. We're feeling really good though and the fatigue isn't too bad. Samara went to bed at around 9:30 and she's still sleeping - Mike's watching TV and I'm sitting here typing - she's a really deep sleeper. I can hear her sucking her fingers every once in a while. Have I mentioned how cute she is?


(Marianne: We think it's great that you're going to use a picture from our blog for the children's message on Sunday. Say "hi" to everyone at church and let us know how it goes.)